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Washington Times: D.C. Mayor Bowser suggests outside professional protesters among those in the city

Editor Jun 1, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday suggested that professional protesters were involved in demonstrations over the weekend in the nation’s capital, though she didn’t name any particular groups.

Washington Business Journal: Dozens of D.C. businesses damaged, looted following protests

Editor Jun 1, 2020
Nightfall Sunday brought a second evening of looting and damage in the District as some protests and demonstrations sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer turned…

DCist: D.C. Has A 7 P.M. Curfew Tonight And Tomorrow In Preparation For More Protests

Editor Jun 1, 2020
After a third night of clashes between police and demonstrators in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is preparing for additional protests as soon as today. A curfew will kick in at 7 p.m. on both Monday and Tuesday, which…

WTOP: ‘Sad and angry’ after destruction, mayhem in DC during protests

Editor Jun 1, 2020
Fires were set, windows were shattered and cars were wrecked across the nation’s capital after protesters clashed with authorities over the death of George Floyd for a third night, leaving D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to say she was “sad and…

WTOP: Multiple fires, vandalism in DC on 3rd night of protests

Editor Jun 1, 2020
A third night of protests in D.C. over the death of George Floyd culminated early Monday morning with some business windows being smashed, a fire in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building and another fire at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

DCist: DDOT Suspends Capital Bikeshare, Pulls Scooters From Streets As Safety Precaution

Editor May 31, 2020
The District Department of Transportation suspended Capital Bikeshare service and asked micro-mobility companies to remove their scooters from the streets as a safety precaution ahead of the third night of protests.

Washington Post: D.C. imposes curfew as protesters and police clash outside White House again

Editor May 31, 2020
The third day of protests in the nation’s capital over George Floyd’s death began with bent knees, raised fists and pleas that this night, unlike the last, would remain peaceful. And for a moment Sunday afternoon, the more than 1,000…

Washington Post: ‘What we doing?’ On D.C. streets, protesters vent and engage.

Editor May 31, 2020
As demonstrators prepared for a third night of protests in front of the White House, Sokka Asif, 19, a Towson University student who is black, saw a white woman photographing her two friends — who also were white.

DCist: Mayor Muriel Bower Institutes A Sunday Night Curfew Starting At 11 P.M.

Editor May 31, 2020
As major protests continued downtown for a third night in a row, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will institute a citywide curfew, starting at 11 p.m. and remaining in effect until 6 a.m. on Monday, June 1.

DCist: Protesters, Law Enforcement Face Off In Lafayette Park On Third Night Of Demonstrations In…

Editor May 31, 2020
Hours after D.C. woke up to the remnants of last night’s protests, demonstrators returned to the streets for a third night in protest of the death of George Floyd.

WTOP: As COVID-19 forces camp closure, DC’s Hope House seeks new ways to help

Editor May 31, 2020
COVID-19 has trampled a path around the globe, leaving many victims in its wake, and throwing a wrench into daily life — including forcing us to retool how people interact and what activities are deemed safe.

Colbert King in The Post: Now Trump is twisting the truth about the D.C. police

Editor May 31, 2020
Why in the world would President Trump, in the midst of the unrest roiling our nation’s capital, tweet a demonstrable lie about the city’s mayor, Muriel E. Bowser, and the D.C. police? Praising the U.S. Secret Service for their handling of…

DCist: After Night Of Unrest, Demonstrators March From Howard University To White House

Editor May 31, 2020
Demonstrators are back on city streets just hours after D.C. woke up to the remnants of last night’s protests.

Washington Post: Owner of damaged D.C. restaurant: ‘Black lives matter’

Editor May 31, 2020
It was just after midnight, and her restaurant near the White House, Teaism, was on fire. Michelle Brown, still in pajamas, grabbed her hand sanitizer and car keys to check out the damage.

Washington Post: In D.C.’s Ward 8, Trayon White’s grass-roots activism approach is on the ballot

Editor May 31, 2020
No one charts their own way in District politics quite like D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8).

Washingtonian: CityCenter Boarded Up, Downtown DC Businesses Damaged After Saturday Protests

Editor May 31, 2020
Despite damage several business owners are standing behind the demonstrators' messages.

DCist: ‘From Sadness To Empathy To Anger,’ D.C. Officials And Business Owners Respond To Second…

Editor May 31, 2020
As Washington woke up on Sunday morning, the alarm was still going off at a Michael Kors store in Georgetown. Mannequins lay scattered on the floor of a looted Kate Spade store. Discarded water bottles and glass shards littered the city’s…

WTOP: DC leaders anticipate third night of protests; 17 arrests, 11 DC officers injured

Editor May 31, 2020
A third straight night of protests in D.C. is expected Sunday evening.

DCist: D.C. Wakes Up To Broken Glass, Graffiti After Intense Night of Protests

Editor May 31, 2020
As Washington woke up on Sunday morning, the alarm was still going off at a Michael Kors store in CityCenter. Mannequins lay scattered on the floor of a looted Kate Spade store in Georgetown. Discarded water bottles and glass shards…

Washington Post: D.C. braces for third day of protests and clashes over death of George Floyd

Editor May 31, 2020
Officials braced Sunday for a day of protests over the killing of George Floyd by police, following clashes Saturday between U.S. Secret Service, Park Police and D.C. police in the nation’s capital and confrontations across Virginia and…
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